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"The opinion poll evidence in both societies about support for physical force tells a remarkably consistent—and shocking—story. As in previous research[25], the results show that significant minorities within both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (as well as within each of their respective religious communities) support the use of violence for political ends. There is perhaps no other advanced industrial society where such large numbers of people effectively condone
terrorism. The explanations can be traced to the complex interaction between constitutional and extraconstitutional politics throughout Irish history, and to the successes of republicans in achieving political independence through the use of
force and of unionists in securing exclusion from these new arrangements through the threat of force. For each community, the activities of contemporary paramilitary groups resonate with the iconographic figures of their history. Perhaps more pertinently, the message learned from Irish history is that the use of physical force does bring political gains, a fact that has not been lost on constitutional politicians."- terrorism
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the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.Khurram - <This is horse shit. The article, particularly the piece you posted says absolutely NOTHING. It's the very defiNition of vague. In fact, you could...Morning_star
- ...come to the exact opposite conclusion too.Morning_star
- yeah, like so vague. Just academics reaching conclusions based on opinion poll data. I mean come on! So vague i didn't even read it.Khurram
- I mean where did they even get (p9 first para) that 42% of Northern Irish Catholics have some sympathy for republican terrorists? The table??? pffft.Khurram
- This should be put before some university review system before i can trust its vague vauge findings, before its published two years later by Routledge pressKhurram
- "No blacks, No dogs, No Irish!"
https://d.ibtimes.co…Khurram - Tiocfaidh ár lá mother fuckers!Khurram
- 'some sympathy' or 'perhaps no other...society' or 'significant minorities' all vague and speculative. It's agenda driven opinion not fact...Morning_star
- The 'fact' you mention could equally be stated as "the majority (58%) of N Irelands Catholics DO NOT have sympathy for republicans".Morning_star
- As I said, it's agenda driven vagueness.Morning_star
- You're out of your mind.drake-von-drake
- do explain, drake, you intellectual heavyweight.Khurram
- @morning_star You mean the agenda of wanting to find a way out of the impasse of decomissioning paramiliatry weaponary following the Good Friday agreements?Khurram
- And the vagueness of showing the numbers only to one decimal place?Khurram
- @khurram. It's opinion. It's learned and coherent but it's still opinion. My concern is with picking excerpts to support the point you want to promote.Morning_star
- Given the myriad political complexities of the goodfriday agreement. And the struggle and sacrifice of all who contributed it's a miracle it happened at all.Morning_star
- either way, i think we can agree, that we can't sleep on the Irish. irishwatch.org lolKhurram
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